Friday, October 26, 2012

H'ween - Psycho

This isn't the Hitchcock song, it was written by Leon Payne and covered by Elvis Costello, Jack Kittel, Eddie Noack and Neil Gaiman. I like them all, may prefer Eddie's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJaZrf8FLA (Elvis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftOCvwrygCI (Jack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtDLN4LoPZA (Eddie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56Mqzp6d58 (Neil)


In the intro and later in the main verses, the Bm chord is altered by playing
a Bm/A (Lift your finger off the A string...)
D                 A     D
Can Mary fry some fish, mama
       Bm        
I'm as hungry as can be
D              A     D
Oh lord, how I wish, mama
Bm
You could stop the baby cryin'
A                         D
'Cause my head is killing me

I saw my ex again last night mama
She was at the dance at Miller's store
She was with that Jackie White mama
I killed them both
And they're buried under Jacob's sycamore

(Hold D)                       Bm (Bm/A)
You think I'm psycho don't you mama
                            D
I didn't mean to break your cup
                               Bm
You think I'm psycho don't you mama
A                          D
You better let 'em lock me up

Oh, don't hand me Johnny's pup mama
As I might squeeze him too tight
I'm havin' crazy dreams again mama
So let me tell you 'bout last night
I woke up in Johnny's room mama
Standing right there by his bed
With my hands around his throat mama
Wishing both of us were dead

You think I'm psycho don't you mama
I just killed Johnny's pup
You think I'm psycho don't you mama
You'd better let 'em lock me up

Oh you recall that little girl mama
I believe her name was Betty Clark
Oh don't tell me that she's dead mama
'Cause I just saw her in the park
We were sitting on a bench mama
Thinking of a game to play
Seems I was holding a wrench mama
Then my mind just walked away

You think I'm psycho don't you mama
I didn't mean to break your cup
You think I'm psycho don't you mama
Mama why don't you get up?

Thursday, October 25, 2012

H'ween - Season of the Witch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro

D9 chord here, I like second variation. http://chordlist.brian-amberg.de/en/ukulele/standard/D9/


A7                        D9
When I look out my window,
A7                 D9
many sights to see.
A7                           D9
And when I look in my window,
A7                             D9
so many different people to be.
A7               D9  A7         D9
That its strange,    So strange.
A7                              D9
You got to pick up every stitch.  (x3)
A7                              D9
Must be the season of the witch,  (x3)

A7                           D9
When I look over my shoulder,
A7                       D9
what do you think I see?
A7                                         D9
Summer kept lookin over his shoulder at me.
A7               D9  A7              D9
And he's strange,    sure is strange.
A7                             D9
You got to pick up every stich,  (x2)
A7                                D9  A7  D9
Beatnicks are out to make it rich.    Oh no
A7                              D9
Must be the season of the witch.  (x3)
A7                              D9
You got to pick up every stitch,
A7                              D9
the rabbits runnin in the ditch.
A7                                D9   A7  D9
Beatnicks are out to make it rich.     Oh no
A7                              D9
Must be the season of the witch.  (x3)

A7                         D9
When I look out my window,
A7                       D9
What do you think I see?
A7                            D9
And when I look in my window,
A7                              D9
so many different people to be.
A7                            D9
Its strange, sure is strange.
A7                               D9
You got to pick up every stitch,
A7                               D9
You got to pick up every stitch,
A7                                D9    A7  D9
Two rabbits runnin in the ditch.        Oh no
A7                                D9
Must be the season of the witch.

H'ween - Little Ghost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryc4hd2eomI

Original by White Stripes is in A, but G is easier.


G     G
      Little ghost, little ghost
        C             G
One I'm scared of the most
                                    D
Can you scare me up a little bit of love?
       G
I'm the only one that sees you,
      C                G
And I can't do much to please you
                         D              G...
And it's not yet time to meet the lord above
...GThe first moment that I met her
      C            G
I did not expect a specter
                                       D
When I shook her hand I really shook a glove
            G
She looked into me so sweetly
       C                G
And we left the room discreetly
                           D             G...
No one else could know the secret of our love
...G
Little ghost, little ghost
        C             G
One I'm scared of the most
                                    D]
Can you scare me up a little bit of love?
       G
I'm the only one that sees you,
      C                G
And I can't do much to please you
                         D              G...
And it's not yet time to meet the lord above

...G
Every morning I awoke
      C             G
And I see my little ghost
                                          D
Wond'rin' if it's really her that's lying there
          G
I lean to touch her and I whisper
        C               G
But not brave enough to kiss her
                      D              G...
When I held her I was really holding air

...G
Little ghost, little ghost
        C             G
One I'm scared of the most
                                    D
Can you scare me up a little bit of love?
       G
I'm the only one that sees you,
      C                G
And I can't do much to please you
                         D              G...
And it's not yet time to meet the lord above

...G
Though I try my best to keep it
      C             G      
There really was no secret
           G (slowly strum up and down)      D
Must have looked like I was dancing with the wall
(no strumming)  G (              ) C ( ) G (   )
        No one else could see this apparition
(no strumming) C (         ) G (    )
        But because of my condition
(no strumming)    G                  D                  G...
        I fell in love with a little ghost and that was all
...G
Little ghost, little ghost
        C             G
One I'm scared of the most
                                    D
Can you scare me up a little bit of love?
        G
I'm the only one that sees you,
      C                G
And I can't do much to please you
                         D              G
And it's not yet time to meet the lord above
                         D              G C G D G
No, it's not yet time to meet the lord above

H'ween - Creepy Doll


A nice and creepy song for ya to prepare for the season that is in it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVtR7azLVcI&feature=related

(Am)               (E)                   (C)
  In a town in the woods at the top of a hill
                     (D)    
There's a house where no one lives
(F/C)               (C)                 (D)              (E)
  So you take a big bag of your big city money there, and buy it
(Am)                    (E)
  Then at night when the house is dark
          (C)                 (D)
And you're all alone there's a noise upstairs
(F/C)              (C)                          (D)                    (E)
  At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it
        F/C                  C                Bm7b5           Am
And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door
          F/C                  C                D                E
There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before....

Chorus

Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D G    E Am
 It's got a ruined eye, that's always open
Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D  G  E   Am    Fmaj7add11/C
 It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole

Verse 2

Am                     E
 So you scream and you close the door
        C                    D
And you tell yourself it was just a dream
F/C                 C                        D            E
 In the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing
Am                      E
 In the store there's a strange old man
       C                   D
With a wandering eye and a withered hand
F/C                    C                      D                  E
 When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking

        F/C                C               Bm7b5           Am
And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see
     F/C                 C             D                E
That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key

Chorus

Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D G    E Am
 It's got a ruined eye, that's always open
Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D  G  E   Am
 It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole

Bridge
    F/C                C                Bm7b5          Am
And when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you
    F/C            C                   Bm7b5             Am
And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too
    F/C             G                 F/C              G
The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed
    F/C             G                F/C              G                C
The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy

|F/C |D7 |F/C |

Verse 3

Am                     E
 Now it's late and you head downstairs
          C                       D
Cause you just can't sleep so you make some tea
F/C                C                     D                     E
 And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey
Am                      E
 You decide that you've had enough
        C                    D
And you lock the doll in the wooden box
F/C                     C                      D               E
 You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money
       F/C   )             C                 Bm7b5           Am
As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do
    F/C              C           D                 E
And far too late you see the one inside the box is you

Chorus
Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D G    E Am
 It's got a ruined eye, that's always open
Am                          Fmaj7/C
 And there's a creepy doll,  that always follows you
G                              D  G  E   Am    Fmaj7add11/C
 It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Where everybody knows your name. (Cheers Theme)

This is the whole song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNVNRybluQ&feature=related


Alternate G and D for first 4 lines of each verse.

Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot
Dm6  (4210) E7      Am  D7
Wouldn't you like to get away

All those nights when you've got no lights
The check is in the mail
And your little angel
Hung the cat up by its tail
Dm6  (4210) E7      Am  D7            C
And your third fiancée didn't show

C                                  G
Sometimes you want to go
                    F                         C       D
Where everybody knows your name
G                  F                         C       D
And they're always glad you came
Bm                                           C
You want to be where you can see
Bm                               C
Our troubles are all the same
 Bm                             C              D                G     D G D
You want to be where everybody knows your name

Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee's dead
The morning's looking bright
And your shrink ran off to Europe
And didn't even write
And your husband wants to be a girl

Be glad there's one place in the world
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You want to go where people know
People are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name

Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

I can tell that we are going to be friends


Lovely little song by the White Stripes and covered by Jack Johnson.
As a strum, I suggest tap the uke, then chord, so TAP C TAP C TAP C etc.

C
fall is here   hear the yell    back to school   ring the bell
F                              C          
brand new shoes  walkin blues  climb the fence  books and pens
G               F               C
i can tell that we are gonna be friends (x2)

Walk with me,Suzy Lee
through the park and by the tree
we will rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we found
then safely walk to school
without a sound

Well here we are,no one else
we walked to school all by ourselves
there's dirt on our uniforms
from chasing all the ants and worms
we clean up and now its time to learn

Numbers,letters,learn to spell
nouns,and books,and show and tell
at  playtime we will throw the ball
back to class,through the hall
teacher marks our height
against the wall

F                       C
And we don't notice any time pass
F                C
we don't notice anything
D
we sit side by side in every class
F
teacher thinks that I sound funny
G
but she likes the way you sing

Tonight I'll dream while in my bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when I wake tommorow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
cause I can tell that we're going to be friends

Michelle


Michelle - The Beatles
A classic, the intro reminds me of "Time in a bottle". http://www.yourchords.com/101994/Jim-Croce/Time-In-A-Bottle-Chords/transpose2/
Quick tip on the intro: just step the note on the C string down one fret each time...
Intro: Em B+ | Em7 Em6 | Cmaj/E | B
E       Am7
Michelle, ma belle
D6                   C#dim7 Bbdim7 B
These are words that go together well,
F#79- B7
My Michelle.
E       Am7
Michelle, ma belle
D6                C#dim7    Bbdim7  B
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
F#79-       B7
Très bien ensemble.
       Em
     I love you, I love you, I love you
   G7                     C
     That's all I want to say,
   B7        Em   B7 Em Am  Em
     Until I find a way
                    G+   Em7     Em6
     I will say the only words I know that
     Cmaj   Am   B
     You'll understand.
Michelle, ma belle
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.
     I need to, I need to, I need to,
     I need to make you see,
     Oh, what you mean to me
     Until I do I'm hoping you will
     Know what I mean
   E        Am7  D7  C#dim7 Bbdim7 B F#79- B
     I love you.
     I want you, I want you, I want you,
     I think you know by now,
     I'll get to you somehow
     Until I do I'm telling you so
     You'll understand.
Michelle, ma belle
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.
       Em      B7   Em      Am
I will say the only words I know
     Em     Am   B7     Em B7 E
That you'll understand, my Michelle.

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